Задание по английскому

1. Conversation:

Read and translate the text (Do not translate Notes on the Text) ;

Write down 10 actions the characters did using the PASSIVE

2. Compose a 12 sentences story about your own illness (flu, cold etc.) using THE ACTIVE and PASSIVE voice forms.
 

1.     Conversation:

Read and translate the text (Do not translate Notes on the Text) ;

Write down 10 actions the characters did using the PASSIVE

EX.:  A couple of aspirins were taken by Mr. Garter.

Being ill

“ You don’t look your usual self this morning”, said my wife at breakfast.

“No, I’m not feeling up to much” I said. “I don’t know what I’ve got, but I hardly slept a wink all night, and now I’ve got a splitting headache.”

“Poor old thing”, she said, feeling my forehead. “It feels as if you’ve got a bit of a temperature”.

At work I felt ghastly all morning. My head was now throbbing violently and there were moments when it felt as if the whole office was going round. At eleven o’clock I took a couple of aspirins with my coffee, they didn’t seem to do any good. By lunchtime I had to admit that I was running a temperature: I felt hot and shivery at the same time.

I called my secretary in. “Look, Pam,” I said, “I’m not feeling too well. I’m going to take the rest of the day off. You might as well do the same when you’ve finished the letters. Perhaps you would ring up Fraser and let him know.”

“Yes, of course, Mr. Garter. You do look poorly. I hope you haven’t caught this nasty flu that’s around.”

Feeling rather sorry for myself, I put on my overcoat and wrapped scarf round my neck.

When I got home I went straight to bed and my wife gave me a hot water bottle. I certainly felt better lying down.

“I’ll bring you some lunch in a minute,” said my wife.

“No, thank you,” I said. “I couldn’t eat a thing. All I want is a glass of water. Then I think I’ll sleep for a bit”

“Don’t you think I’d better call the doctor?” she said. “I shouldn’t be surprised if you’ve got this flu, like Mrs. Higgins.”

Mrs. Higgins was our daily help, and she been off work for the last few days.

Then I must have dozen off, for I woke up, sweating all over, to hear the doctor coming up the stairs. “Quite an epidemic of it” I heard him say to my wife. I sat up feeling stiff and uncomfortable; my pyjamas were sticking to me.

“Now then,” said the doctor, sitting on the edge of the bed. “Let’s have a good look at you”. He opened his bag and stuck a thermometer in my mouth. While he was waiting he took my pulse. Then he took out the thermometer and looked at it. “Just over a hundred and two,” he mumbled.

He put a stethoscope in his ears and listened to my chest. “Now the throat. Say “Ah”. Silence. “Looks a bit sore. Does it hurt when you swallow?” I nodded. “Mm. It’s flu all right. The throat’s nothing serious.” He looked for his pen. “Look here, I’m going to keep you in bed for a day or two. Keep taking plenty of aspirin to bring your temperature down, and I’ll

give you some pills to help you to sleep at night. You should stay away from work for the rest of the week and take it easy. It’s much better to shake it off in one go if you can. Otherwise, if you go back to work too soon, it might drag on indefinitely.

He wrote out a prescription and handed it to my wife. As she saw him to the door I heard him say: “He’s bound to feel rotten for the next day or so, but in any case I’ll drop in again the day after tomorrow to see how he’s getting on. Keep him well covered up.”

For two days I was terribly weak. Whenever I had to get out of bed, I felt giddy and was glad to lie down again. Moreover, I couldn’t face eating anything; all I wanted was lots of drink and plenty of sleep. I didn’t even feel like reading. Then, suddenly, I felt much better. My temperature was almost back to normal, my appetite came back, and I felt I wanted to do something useful. Now my wife had to struggle to keep me in bed. “You ‘re not to overdo it,” she said. “Flu takes it out of you more than you think.” So I spent the time propped up with lots of pillows, catching up with my reading. In fact, it was now all rather pleasant.

Notes on the Text

ill- adj - a) sick, not well, b) bad. In the sense of “unwell” ill is used only predicatively. He has been ill now for three weeks.

Collocations: to fall ill; to look ill; to feel ill; to be taken ill.

Its synonym sick means “ill” or “ailing” if used attributively (in British English). In American usage sick has this meaning also if used as part of the predicate.

Mr. Binks is a sick man.

Collocations: sick diet; on sick leave; to be seasick /homesick; sick pay.

Shivery - adj - trembling, esp. with fever.

To shiver - to tremble (with cold /fear/ fever). Shivering is generally the result of cold; trembling is the result of some emotional reaction. Compare: The water in the lake was so cold that she came out shivering. - It was her first appearance on the stage, and she stood trembling with excitement and nervousness.

Shaking is generally the result of more violent and intense emotions; e.g.: to shake with horror/terror/dread.

To shake is always used in the combination to shake with sobs and is more often used than to tremble in the combinations to shake with age / weakness.

His hand with age / with weakness.

Flu (short for influenza) n - the general name for viruses that cause chills, fever, headache, and/or nausea.

Hot water bottle - container for hot water which is used for warming beds.

+“Just over a hundred and two” - 102 F (Fahrenheit) correspond to 38.9 C (Centigrade). The Fahrenheit thermometer is used throughout the British Commonwealth and in the United States. The boiling point of the Fahrenheit thermometer is 212, the freezing point - 320, the normal temperature of a human body is about 99. The Centigrade thermometer, used in Russia, France and other countries, has 0 (zero) for its freezing point and 100 for the boiling point.

Giddy adj - dizzy; feeling as if everything is spinning around.

2.    Compose a 12 sentences story about your own illness (flu, cold etc.) using THE ACTIVE and PASSIVE voice forms.